Neuro-relaxation is essentially the process of shifting your nervous system out of a state of high alert (sympathetic dominance—fight, flight, or freeze) into a calmer, more balanced state (parasympathetic dominance—rest, digest, and repair).
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Self-regulation isn’t about never feeling strong emotions or stress. It’s about shortening the time it takes to return to balance and increasing your sense of safety in the present moment.
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When you’ve had too much caffeine and your nervous system feels frazzled—racing heart, anxiety, shaky hands, restlessness—the key is to re-regulate your parasympathetic nervous system, restore electrolyte and mineral balance, and support gentle detoxification. Here’s your calm-down toolkit
Read MoreThe goal isn’t to “eliminate” cortisol—you need it to survive. The key is to restore a healthy rhythm: high in the morning, low at night.
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The mind, when left unchecked, spins stories from the past and projections of the future. It fuels the illusion of separation, of danger, of urgency. But when we learn to quiet the mind—
Read MoreIf your body feels wired or your mind feels like it’s sprinting without rest—you’re likely in fight-or-flight.
How to Move From Fight-or-Flight to Calm (Regulating Your Nervous System)
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Now, 30 years later, and the new distractions with cell phones and swapping doom scrolling on the phone for hemi sync, guided meditations, writing in a journal or reading, I feel I have mastered quality sleep.
To achieve deeper, more restorative REM sleep, it’s important to focus on both your physical environment and mental health. Here’s a holistic approach that combines lifestyle, environmental factors, and mindfulness:
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After years and years of getting phone calls with “bad news” or an incident my eldest son was involved in, I became afraid of answering the phone. The mere experience of the phone ringing would put me into a state of panic. Now that my son has passed away, I no longer have that panic but still have to put in daily effort to practice ways to calm and soothe my dysregulated nervous system.
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